Deu 32:25, 41, Judg 2:14-16, Psa 78:62-64, Isa 34:5-6, Jer 9:16 | ESV | STEP | Outdoors the sword shall bereave , and indoors terror , for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs .

Deuteronomy 32:25

25 ^aOutdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

Deuteronomy 32:41

41 if I ^bsharpen my flashing sword ^{▼▼Hebrew the lightning of my sword}
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.

Judges 2:14-16

14 ^dSo the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he ^egave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. ^fAnd he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, ^gso that they could no longer withstand their enemies. 15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, ^hand as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.

The Lord Raises Up Judges

16 ⁱThen the Lord raised up judges, ^jwho saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

Psalms 78:62-64

62 He ^kgave his people over to the sword
and ^lvented his wrath on his heritage.
63 ^mFire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no ⁿmarriage song.
64 Their ^opriests fell by the sword,
and their ^pwidows made no lamentation.

Isaiah 34:5-6

5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
behold, it descends for judgment upon ^qEdom,
upon the people ^rI have devoted to destruction.
6 The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
^sFor the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Jeremiah 9:16

16 ^tI will scatter them among the nations ^uwhom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will ^vsend the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”